Mission Statement

As the world-wide service and representative organization of newspapers and the entire news publishing industry, WAN-IFRA is dedicated to support this industry as well as its technology and service providers:

> To defend and promote press freedom and the economic independence which is an essential condition for that freedom.

> To improve editorial quality and promote ethical journalism.

> To provide expertise and research in publishing strategy, editorial, advertising, marketing, technology, production and distribution issues to the industry.

> To provide a world-wide center for industry research and implementation and a platform for the exchange of ideas, information and experience between all parties of the news publishing industry.

> To foster international co-operation to encourage the culture of reading newspapers through the establishment and development of Young Reader and Newspapers in Education programmes.

> To provide opportunities for senior news executives to exchange ideas and information about editing newspapers.

> To represent the newspaper and news publishing industry in all international discussions on media issues.